Tool-handle.



L. C. SUMMER TOOL HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. I915.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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LOUIS C. SOMME R, SR., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

TOOL-HANDLE.

' l Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, ieie.

Application filed August 18, 1915. Serial No. 46,116.

-To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Louis C. SoMMnR, Sn, acitizen of the United States residing at Jersey City, in the countyofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Tool-Handles, of which the following isa specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in tools, especially tohandles there for, an object of-the invention being to pro: vide ahandle having means whereby one of any number of head members may beremovably and securely connected thereto.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, set forth in thefollowing specification and falling Within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of a tool constructed in accordancewith the pres= ent invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view illustrati themanner in which the fulcrum mem er vas'well as a hammer head may beremovably connected with the handle and, Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofone of the removable heads.

In carrying out my invention Ipropose to provide a handle with meanswhereby any number of various sized and kinds of hammers, hatchet headsor the'like, maybe removably secured thereon, and while in the drawingsthe said removable members are in the nature of hammer heads, it is tobe understood that other devices may be employed with equal efliciencyif desired.

Each of the devices, however, includes a depending or socket portion ;1which has its bore opening through the head of the tool, and the saidbore is of a size suflicient to receiv'e'one end 2 of a handle 3 construcrtleld side with-a corresponding opening 5, the last mentioned openingbeing of a greater area than the opening 4, and the socket is providedwith a slot 6 entering from its end and which communicates with theopening 5. The slot 6 and the opening 5 thus provide a substantially keyhole slot.

The handle 3 is provided adjacent'its end which enters the socket of thetool, with a transverse opening within which is received a sleeve 8 thathas its closed ends provided with alining openings. Passing through theopenings in this sleeve is a locking olt '7 which has one of its endsenlarged and rounded, as at 10, and provided with a finger hold or head11 extending from the said enlarged portion 10. The portion of the boltwithin the sleeve and adjacent'to the free end of the said bolt isprovided with an ofl'set stop member 10', and surrounding the lockingbolt and exerting a pressure between the stop member 10' and one of theend walls of the sleeve is a helical spring 9. The bolt is of a size tobe snugly received through the slot6 of the key hole opening and throughthe opening 4 in the socket member 1 arranged diametrically opposite theenlarged rounded opening 5 of the key hole slot, so it will be notedthat when the locking pin is retracted or drawn outwardly of the sleeveagainst the action of the spring 9, the bolt proper may pass through theslot 6 until the enlarged rounded portion 10 of the said bolt is broughtto alinement with the rounded opening 5 of the keyhole slot when the pinis released, permitting the rounded portion 10 thereof to engage withthe wall of the opening 5 of the key hole slot and the end of the boltproper to enter the opening 4, thus locking the tool 1 upon the handle.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

The herein described means of connecting a handle to a tool, includingin combina tion, a tool having a socket provided upon oneend with anopening and upon its diametrically opposite end with a key hole slot,the roundedopening of the slotv being ofa greater diameter than thefirst'referred to opening and being in alinement with the said opening,a handle having one of its ends disposed'to enter the socket of thetool,

said handle-having a transverse opening, a

sleeve having closed ends at the opening and the said closed endsprovided with alining openings, a bolt member passing through theopening in the sleeve, a stop member portion of the ke hole slot whenthe bolt 5 is retracted to permit of the end of the same passing throughthe referred to restricted opening in the socket of the tool.

In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS 0. SUMMER, SR.

Witnesses:

PAUL G. GOTTSOHALOK, CARL W. Go'r'rsoHALcK.

